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The Merovingian dynasty (/ ˌ m ɛ r ə ˈ v ɪ n dʒ i ə n /) was the ruling family of the Franks from around the middle of the 5th century until 751. [1] They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gallo-Romans under their rule.
Name Reign Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Issue Death Notes Clovis I 509 – 27 November 511 c. 466 Tournai Son of Childeric I and Basina of Thuringia: 1. unknown wife: 1 son 2. Clotilde, 493: 4 children 27 November 511 Aged 44/45 Paris: King of the Salian Franks since 481; united all Franks under his rule by 509 Theuderic I [1] [2] 27 November 511 ...
King of the Franks r. 673–675: Chlothar III 652–736 King of the Franks r. 661–662: Theuderic III 654–691 King of the Franks r. 679–691: Clovis IV 682–695 King of the Franks r. 691–695: Childebert III 670/683–711 King of the Franks r. 695–711: Chilperic II is most likely, but not certainly, son of Childeric II Carolingian ...
The family tree of Frankish and French monarchs (509–1870) France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions. Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I, king of the Franks (r. 507–511), as the first king of ...
King of the Visigoths: Audofleda: Theoderic 454–526 King of the Ostrogoths: Sigismund d. c. 524 King of the Burgundians: Bertachar c. 485 –c. 530 King of Thuringia: Baderic c. 480 –529 King of Thuringia: Ingomer 494: Clotilde c. 500 –531: Amalaric 502–531 King of the Visigoths: Eustere c. 494 –521: Theuderic I 485–533/534 King of ...
Merovech (French: Mérovée, Merowig; Latin: Meroveus; c. 411 – 458) [1] was the ancestor of the Merovingian dynasty. He was reportedly a king of the Salian Franks, but records of his existence are mixed with legend and myth.
Clovis (Latin: Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdowig; c. 466 – 27 November 511) [1] was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Franks under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single king, and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs. [2]
Childeric III (c. 717 – c. 754) was King of the Franks from 743 until he was deposed in 751 by Pepin the Short.He was the last Frankish king from the Merovingian dynasty. . Once Childeric was deposed, Pepin became king, initiating the Carolingian dyn